Example Sentences

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It all started by accident, he suggests, as early hominins unintentionally left marks on bones while they were butchering animal carcasses.

From Scientific American • Dec. 23, 2021

Animal bones from that time have a relatively high number of cut marks, suggesting they were butchering for every last edible bit.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 13, 2018

Signs of burns and cut marks on the rat bones suggested humans were butchering the rats and cooking them for food.

From Washington Post • Nov. 16, 2015

Others were butchering the fairest and fattest pig in our drove, and doing the same by a lamb.

From Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand by Hay, William Delisle

The last time I saw you, Seth, you were butchering two tons of buffalo a day for the railroaders.

From Trail's End by Ogden, George W. (George Washington)